Photo by Rien Willems
The second day of the last round of ITP European Quadcross Championship was held in Kegums (Latvia)
Among 24 starters, the holeshot went to the new European Champion Edgars Mengelis shortly ahead of Mike van Grinsven.
The leader after lap 1 was Mengelis, in front of van Grinsven, the Russian Vlasov, and Jani Tanhuanpaa, who still had a chance for the over all podium. Priit Järvloo, another candidate for a place on the podium, behind Mengelis and/or Van Grinsven, was only in 9th position.
After 5 laps van Grinsven made a mistake and fell back into 4th position. Vlasov was second and Tanhuanpaa third for 5 laps. In lap 11 van Grinsven gained again one position and he will finish the race in 3rd position.
Vlasov kept the 4th place only for 1 lap, then Karlis Bole, from Latvia, managed to overtake him and he was in 4th positio, at the end of this heat, where the track was still a bit wet and slippery from the rain of the morning. Clear winner of heat 1 was Edgars Mengelis, the new European Champion, before Jani Tanhuanpaa and Mike van Grinsven.
